Wakefield Town Gaol

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Prison Type   Local Prison -  Common Gaol

Jurisdiction   Municipality

Date opened   1800

Date closed   1829

Location   George Street   Wakefield

Map location   exact or closely approximate

County   Yorkshire

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Prison Info

Prison Type   Local Prison

Jurisdiction   Municipality

Date opened   1800

Date closed   1829

Location   George Street   Wakefield

Map location   exact or closely approximate
Lat.   53.680864  Long.   -1.498013

County   Yorkshire

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Principal Primary Sources

  • James Neild, The State of the Prisons of England, Scotland and Wales (London, 1812), p.569

Secondary Sources

  • J.W. Walker, Wakefield: Its History and People (2nd edn., Wakefield, West Yorkshire Print Co., 1939), volume 2, p. 473.

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